Job Description

This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the + business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Broadcast and End User Technology, Technology and Media Operations
LOCATION: London - Energy centre/Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £64,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Plus London Weighting £5,441

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the Software and Systems Development team for BBC Monitoring. We create, maintain and support web-based tools for our journalists. These encompass text editing and publication tools plus video capture and streaming tools.
BBC Monitoring, funded by the license , provides essential media insight to their customers, with over 80 years of expertise. They analyse and interpret international media and geopolitics in more than 100 .

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll help develop and maintain our web applications, hosted on premises and AWS platforms. You'll be working with a strong community of innovative and enthusiastic people who love what they do to support the work of BBC Monitoring.
You will be part of a small, cross-functional, agile team, bringing your own specialty, collaborating and overlapping with others. You will have the opportunity to pick up and share new skills and ways of working.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
• Configuring Cobbler, Ansible and Jenkins to automatically deploy the operating system and software to our infrastructure.

• Collaborating with our software developers to secure our applications and infrastructure.

• Using the Linux terminal/AWS Console to troubleshoot application issues, using monitoring tools and logs.

• Defining infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.

• Taking responsibility for the upgrade, backup, monitoring and disaster recovery processes for our systems within the BBC approved processes.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
• Proven expertise in securely operating and troubleshooting Linux systems, ideally Rocky/Red Hat. This includes troubleshooting in the Linux terminal.

• Hands on experience of deploying open source / proprietary web applications on a Linux platform, using Cobbler, Jenkins, Ansible and CloudFormation.

• Experience with on premises hardware servers, including installation, configuration, firmware patching and remote management.

• Experience of AWS cloud technologies, e.g., CloudFormation, CloudWatch, S3, SQS, Lambda and EC2.

• Good understanding of key network technologies, including TCP/IP, QoS, VLANs, Multicast.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
• Experience in at least one scripting e.g. Python, Groovy, bash.

• Experience of using software control systems e.g. Git.

• Experience of working with databases. E.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL and OpenSearch.

• Experience of Video Streaming technologies. E.g. Multicast, SRT, HLS.

• Some experience of working with Agile (Scrum/Kanban) methodologies.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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